This swap gallery is intended as a way to recognize all the wonderful personal swaps that are done in this community!

Personal swaps are not encouraged or supported by Craftster. This is only a thread to post pictures from your personal experiences. Personal swaps are not and cannot be tracked in Swap Feedback on profiles and should not be linked to Craftster's Organized Swaps in any way.

Folks who have participated in a personal swap and wish to share pictures of the items they have sent and received may do so by posting in this gallery.

Please note that this gallery is meant for those who have had a good experience with their personal swaps! This is not the place to air your grievances about being "flaked" on...please keep it positive and give love to those awesome personal swappers!

Each month a new gallery will be started. If you have received from a personal/private swap, within the month, feel free to post pictures here!

I wanted to post this great piece I recieved from Kishcrafts, I love Hello Kitty and she made me an original piece. My photo is crappy and does not give it justice. It has rhinestone detail and has black satin necklace that holds the charm. Thanks Kitsch!!!

selkie and I private swapped. I made tatted spiders and she made me a gorgeous calorimetry! The yarn is so nice, the prettiest color

She knit the calorimetry twice! The first time was way too big, so she unravelled it and knit again.

For future calorimetry knitters, take note of this:the second one is just a bit too big, too. Even though my head is 21" and the calorimetry is 21", there is a lot of stretch. I had to button the ends to overlap 4-5". So you need to take the stretch into account.

Okay, here are the pictures of my beautiful calorimetry (clickable thumbnails):here is the bottom, buttoned:

this is the actual color, so pretty! a rosey-brown, with heather and bits:

foldingj and I did a personal swap - he made items for my husband for Christmas and I made stuff for his wife. He sent the most amazing package EVER! I couldn't wait until Christmas to give it to my hubby so he got it Saturday for his birthday instead.

First, the most fantastic, beautiful lamps. I LOVE how the stenciled leaf projects on the wall!

Next, some coasters made out of baseball cards:

There was also a picture holder made of wood but I had to keep one thing for Christmas! foldingj, if you want to post a picture of it please do so since I haven't gotten one yet. Thanks so much for a great swap!!

foldingj and I did a personal swap - he made items for my husband for Christmas and I made stuff for his wife. He sent the most amazing package EVER! I couldn't wait until Christmas to give it to my hubby so he got it Saturday for his birthday instead.

There was also a picture holder made of wood but I had to keep one thing for Christmas! foldingj, if you want to post a picture of it please do so since I haven't gotten one yet. Thanks so much for a great swap!!

Thanks. I had a blast making everything. Here are the pics of the picture holder.

If you look close, the two pictures are not identical. They are to show both sides of the picture holder. The holder is made from two different woods. One side is oak (typical brown orangeish color), the other side is poplar (lighter greenish color). I did this for flexibility. Depending on your decor, light or dark or traditional. You can just turn the holder around. Flexibility is key.Just fyi, I am the one in the scuba picture and the one in the orange shorts in the kayak prep picture. Yeah, I got nice legs. lol. Enjoy

Items include homemade soap, hat and scarf, two sets of coasters, toiletry bag, and girlie bag. Most of the items I had made for my beloved wife, since she rarely gets things (other than from me of course). In return, I made for her the lamps, baseball coasters, and picture holders posted on this thread.A big thanks to mimi for this great swap and a Merry Craftmas to all.